CONTINUING STORM COVERAGE
Dominion Virginia Power has a big job ahead of them: restore power to more than 900,000 customers who are out while 100-degree temperatures bear down the region. The utility has called this restoration effort major, and likened it to work normally performed after a hurricane.
DUMFRIES, Va. — Emergency crews were called to a water main break on U.S. 1 in Dumfries on Friday afternoon. The break caused delays on the highway, and sent a geyser shooting high into the air.
We’re working on getting more information on the cause and impact of this water main break.
JUNE 29 -30, 2012 STORM COVERAGE
8 p.m. Power repairs: It could take a while
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Just because there wasn’t any action on the baseball field today that doesn’t mean things weren’t hot at Pfitzner Stadium.
A skeleton crew of Potomac Nationals employees was inside the management offices at the Woodbridge baseball stadium just before 5 p.m. Friday when they smelled what they thought was natural gas. They evacuated the building, and no sooner did they get outside did they see flames shooting from windows, said Potomac Nationals General Manager Josh Olerud.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Some vehicles reportedly flipped over this afternoon on U.S. 1 in Woodbridge.
The crash happened about 4:20 p.m. Friday in the area of Port Potomac Avenue and U.S. 1 in Woodbridge.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — It’s been since 1983 since Fiat has sold cars in the U.S., according to Edmunds.com.
Now, Potomac Mills mall in Woodbridge will give shoppers the chance to drive a new Fiat 500. The test drives will be conducted in the mall parking lot outside HomeGoods through 9 p.m. Friday, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, according to a press release from the mall.
UPDATE
Fairfax County police now investigating the death of local Islamic leader Mohammed Mehboob, 58, said a state medical examiner will determine the cause of death. That report has yet to be released.
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The owners of a Woodbridge, Va.-based home health care business have been indicted for allegedly submitting numerous false claims for Medicaid reimbursement for services they did not provide.
Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia; Ken Cuccinelli, Attorney General of Virginia; and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office, made the announcement.
WOODBRIDGE, Va. — Leaders at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge are unclear on how to react to the landmark decision today to uphold President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform law.
The healthcare organization that purchased Woodbridge’s Potomac Hospital in 2009 and changed its name to Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in April, says advances in technology and their sheer size will best position them adapt to the healthcare mandate that requires every U.S. citizen to purchase medical insurance.
The sell-out show comes at a time when the Workhouse is seraching to find new ways to fund programs and events at the center.
According to Workhouse Arts Center officials, all construction and rennovation that had been happening in recent months at the center has now ceased.
